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>>> u.s. attorney general jeff
sessions has offered to testify
before the senate intelligence
committee tuesday.
>> sessions is skipping a
different hearing on the justice
department's budget, he said
that he offered to resign over
tensions with the president,
donald trump about his decision
to recuse himself.
>> session's appearance haven't
been worked out just yet.
>> hi, there, it's going to be
up to the senate intelligence
committee to decide whether to
allow to testify on tuesday and
whether to have that session be
open to the public or closed to
the public, according to
reporting by my colleague, this
request by sessions to testify
caught the committee by